Flight crew response monitor

Abstract

Method and apparatus for measuring the alertness level of the flight crew of an aircraft and raising it when necessary. The system also detects departures from the planned flight profile and provides aural warning.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of flight crew response monitoring for an aircraft comprising triggering a flight crew response alert when no flight crew action has been detected by the FMC within a predetermined time period and the aircraft position passes an FMC computed optimum vertical profile derived top of descent location. 
     
     
       2. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said 5 predetermined time period is about ten minutes.